Independent Sector

"Independent Sector, the trade association of the nonprofit sector, was founded in 1980. It has a budget of $5 million and 800 members, including (as of November 1988): the AT&T Foundation, the Aga Kahn Foundation, the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the American Association of University Women, B'nai B'rith International, Boy Scouts of America, Coors Foundation, Environmental Law Institute, Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Audubon Society, Sierra Club, and World Wildlife Foundation. There are over 1500 foundations in the United States that are affiliates of profit-making corporations, and they work along with the traditional charities and foundations to keep the ship afloat." 

"Not all in this sector are corralled into innocuous system-protecting activities; there are a few independent, usually poor and obscure organizations. However, most organizations are linked to each other and to the major corporations by their funding, their invested assets, technical assistance, interlocking directorates, and peak organizations such as the Independent Sector and Council on Foundations." 


 * Brian O'Connell - founding President
 * Iqbal Noor Ali "currently serves on the Membership Committee of the Independent Sector."
 * John W. Gardner - Former founding Chair
 * Barbara D. Finberg - Former Chair
 * Alicia Anne Philipp - Former Board Member
 * Virginia Hodgkinson - Former Vice President of Research
 * Wayne Meisel - Former Board Member

Contact
Independent Sector 1200 Eighteenth Street, NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 202-467-6100 Fax: 202-467-6101 Web: http://www.independentsector.org/